1)That smell of feet and cheetos..That will not go away. While there, learn to embrace it. It is the Reek of the Geek.

2)If you are being crowded by a pack of sloppy kids in VENOM vs. CARNAGE shirts, wondering what type of creature you may be, with your soft features, and your pleasant smell, simply point toward a direction, and yell, "John Byrne!" Then run in the opposite direction. Repeat as needed.

3)Make up a few fanciful stories about how The Rod of Lordly Might saved your 14th level cleric more times than you can count.

4)Have fun!!

-DobbinOh, and if you bump into novelist, philosopher, and dope fiend Robert Anton Wilson, who will also be in attendence, ask him when the hell he intends to write the fourth HISTORICAL CHRONICLES OF THE ILLUMINATI. Loafer.

: Hey all,

: Jay and I will traverse to the city of Atlanta for his appearance at the : DragonCon. Jay will be at a signing table on friday and saturday, basically : all day, as will yours truly -- frantically handing him sharpies and : pictures to sign. He will also be one of the judges for the Cry for Dawn : lookalike contest on friday night.

: Stop by and say hello if you are in the area, also be kind to me as it's my : first comic convention (that's right, even with my initially-forced comic : background, I've never been to a con).